two rear tyres replaced, loads of tread but had cuts and delaminating. Looked good to me, Hankooks V12's, so they have gone and Falkens on now as the Hankooks are a silly price.
CV gaiter split and needs replacing.
Cat missing when one was fitted as standard, lucky I have one, to replace the missing one. ;-)
But.............................. emission test stopped because of excessive smoke, as if!!
So got to see if I can get that down, Cat might help, I have a Rover Ron device on that is wacked up high, don't really know what it does, fools the Maf sensor or something. Have a BMC FILTER but thats been in 10 years, it is a recleanable one every 60,000 miles, and I have done it twice. Got a Eurocarparts ordinary one to go in. Plus a bottle of injector cleaner.
If that doesn't work I'll put back in the standard injectors not the SDi ones, like everything, they are in a jiffy envelope and always in my spares box. Looked for them the other day and the fairies must have moved them and put them somewhere safe!!
The car has done 110,000 now and still pulls like a (smoky) train.
I realised now I should have sorted the emissions out first, but when have I ever done anything in the right order.
Everything else was OK and the lights all went out. I was worried about the N/S headlight, bulb went, easy, new bulb 5 minutes to fit. About an hour later it was done, the spring clip is held in place by a small ridge, built into the headlight. My one broke away and the spring clip was just loose, big washer, so I could trap the end of the spring under it, then catching the clip in the other end. All with chubby fingers through the little hole.
The story continues.
TF in Tuesday for a new cat to be fitted!!
ZS in Wednesday for the old cat to be fitted and the CV joint.
All good fun.
